Henry David Thoreau, Climate Change Researcher

Scientists in Massachusetts are conducting a fascinating climate change study using baseline data collected in the mid 1800s by Henry David Thoreau. I wrote about it a few days ago for Connecticut Audubon Society's blog, here.

The Mysterious Plastic Pellets of Mamaroneck Harbor

If we needed a reminder that anything we put down our storm drains ends up in Long Island Sound and its tributaries, we got one recently in Mamaroneck, where millions of tiny plastic pellets washed up on Harbor Island Park.

I wrote about how a local resident got to the bottom of it, on Save the Sound's Green Cities Blue Waters blog. Click here.